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宝墨园英文导游词

宝墨园位于番禺沙湾镇紫泥村，

始建于清朝末年，

1957

年荒废，

1995

年重建，现在占地

100

多亩，是岭南园林建筑的杰出代表。下

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宝墨园英文导游词篇

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[Introduction] - [The Stone Memorial

Arch]-[The

Nine-dragon

Bridge]

-

[The

Screen

Wall]

-

[The

Hall

of

Ruling

Foundation]

-

[Baomo

Hall

and

Longtu

Hall]

-

[The

Long

Corridor] - [Zilai Memorial Arch] - [Zidai Bridge] - [Zidong

Boat] - [River View on Pure Brightness Day] - [Treasure

Collection Hall]

[Introduction]

Baomo

Garden

is

located

at

Zini

Village,

Panyu,

Guangzhou.

It

was

first

built

in

the

late

Qing

Dynasty

(1644-1911),

ruined

in 1957, and reconstructed in 1995. Now it covers an area of

more than 66600 square meters, and is a masterpiece of South

China

gardens

and

architectures.

The

garden,

laid

out

properly,

is crisscrossed with streams and more than 30 stone bridges.

Finely made artistic

works including pottery sculptures,

clay

figurines,

stone

carvings,

brick

carvings,

wood

carvings,

etc.

decorate the whole garden. In the exhibition halls you can

appreciate a large quantity of antiques, and calligraphy and

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paintings by celebrated masters.

[The Stone Memorial Arch]

This

memorial

arch

is

built

with

over

400

pieces

of

granite

and

weighs

over

600

tons.

The

three

characters

on

it

–

Bao

Mo

Garden

–

were

written

by

Qigong,

a

famous

calligrapher.

On

the

crossbeams

were

carved

images

of

beasts

that

symbolize

luck

and

pictures that depict ancient Chinese folk tales. The couplet

on the two sides means that at Zini Village treasures are

collected;

in

Baomo

Garden

the

scenery

of

the

south

is

presented.

[The Nine-dragon Bridge]

This granite bridge is known as Nine-dragon Bridge. It

’

s an imitation of the Jinshui Bridge in front of Tian

’

anmen

in Beijing. On a 7m long and 3m wide slate on the bridge are

carved nine lifelike dragons. The name Nine-dragon carved on

the bridge is a copy of calligraphy by Zhao Ji, a Song Dynasty

(960-1279) Emperor.

[The Screen Wall]

The

wall

at

the

entrance,

built

with

over

30,000

dark

bricks,

is

a

“

screen

wall

”

.

Its

function

is

to

avoid

exposure

of

the

scenes i

n the garden. On its fa?ade are carved more than 600

birds, insects as well as flowers and trees

–

phoenix,

pheasant, dragonfly, pine, bamboo, willow and peony, to name

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just

a

few.

The

carvings

stand

for

vitality

and

prosperity.

On

the reverse side are carvings of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, a

best-known calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (265-420). This

gigantic

masterpiece of

traditional South

China

brick carving

was

designed

and

created

by

a

young

artist,

He

Shiliang

by

name.

[The Hall of Ruling Foundation]

This hall was built in honor of Bao Gong, an official of

the Northern Song (960-1127) who was known and held in high

esteem

for

being

upright,

incorruptible,

straight

and

fair.

The

name of the hall was after a poem by him,

“

The foundation of

ruling

a

country

is

officials

being

incorruptible

and

upright.

”

At the central place of the hall is hanged a Chinese

painting

“

Lotus Flower

”

, symbolizing Bao

’

s noble spirits.

The couplet by its sides means that Bao was an upright and

incorruptible official; his deeds would pass on and always be

held in esteem.

On

the

right

side

of

the

hall

there

is

a

wooden

tablet

with

the

Chinese

characters

“

Baomo

Garden

”

inscribed

on

it.

It

’

s

made

of

wood

unearthed

from

a

Western

Han

(206

BC

-25

AD)

tomb.

At

the

back

of

the

hall

there

is

a

granite

tablet

also

with

the

inscriptions

“

Baomo

Garden

”

,

which

is

the

only

remnant

of

the

original garden.

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